Renée Malloy Ludlam's profile

Fine Art Select Works 3

René Magritte asserted that, “Everything we seehides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.”However, in this gap is fascination; “The mind loves the unknown. It lovesimages whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself isunknown.”
 
By juxtaposing disparate imagery in a single workthrough digital, hand-rendered, and photographic creation, I reveal newmeanings and relationships. This, in turn, allows for a metaphoric narrative todevelop between the viewer and my work. This tension between the formalelements and subject in a single work generates confusion due to itsseamlessness. The viewer unearths the stories imbued with these incongruentelements and creates their own dialogue through the development of individual,unique observations and perceptions. My life approach and philosophy ultimatelyunravels through the works peaceful and meditative genus.
 
Melancholia and elation resound harmoniously,addressing endless connections: micro and macrocosms, nature and manmadematter, linear geometry and organic textures, modernity and ancient, pristineand weathered. Symbolism and allusions drive the metaphors reflecting the manymeditations that have eased my life’s trials, tribulations, and experiences.
 
As a catalyst for the exploration of visual andpsychological layers, my art blurs the lines of time, space and traditionalmediums. My practice employs subtractive (photographic) and additive(painterly) processes revealing and masking imagery and meaning. Visibility isin the forefront, maintaining balance between my own stories and the potentialstories of the viewer. My work is my passion and balance: the transcendentalwindow that allows my soul to breathe and my mind to explore and communicate.

Fine Art Select Works 3
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Fine Art Select Works 3

René Magritte asserted that, “Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.” However, in this gap i Read More

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